Cornwall and Plymouth (European Parliament constituency)

Cornwall and Plymouth was a European Parliament constituency covering the county of Cornwall and the city of Plymouth in Devon, England.

Cornwall and Plymouth
European Parliament constituency
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Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved1994
MEPs1
Sources

Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales. The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one Member of the European Parliament each.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Bodmin, Falmouth and Camborne, North Cornwall, Plymouth Devonport, Plymouth Drake, Plymouth Sutton, St Ives and Truro. In 1984, Bodmin was replaced by South East Cornwall.[1]

The constituency was replaced by Cornwall and West Plymouth and a small part of Devon and East Plymouth in 1994, and these seats became part of the much larger South West England constituency in 1999.

Members of the European Parliament
Elected Name Party
1979 David Harris Conservative
1984 Christopher Beazley Conservative

Results
European Parliament election, 1979: Cornwall and Plymouth[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Harris 94,650 55.1
Labour D. Leather 36,681 21.4
Liberal G. H. T. Spring 23,105 13.5
Mebyon Kernow Richard Jenkin 10,205 5.9
Ecology Edward Goldsmith 5,125 3.0
United Against the Common Market A. E. M. Ash 1,834 1.1
Majority 57,969 33.7
Turnout 171,600 35.0
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Cornwall and Plymouth[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Beazley 81,627 42.5 -12.6
SDP Jonathan Marks 63,876 33.3 +19.8
Labour John Cosgrove 35,952 18.7 -2.7
Independent Anthony Parkyn 5,645 2.9 New
Independent Liberal Robin Trevallion 2,981 1.6 New
Cornish Nationalist James Whetter 1,892 1.0 New
Majority 17,751 9.2 -24.5
Turnout 191,883 37.9 +2.9
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Cornwall and Plymouth[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Beazley 88,376 38.9 -3.6
SLD Paul Tyler 68,559 30.2 -3.1
Labour Dorothy Kirk 41,446 18.3 -0.4
Green Howard Hoptrough 24,581 10.8 New
Mebyon Kernow Colin Lawry 4,224 1.9 New
Majority 19,817 8.7 -0.5
Turnout 227,186 41.9 +4.0
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England: Part 1
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